Multi-Purpose, Multi-Role POCCs?

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Very curious about other POCCs in multi-role positions. Wish we could make surveys here about common items, hot topics and trends.

Are any of you in charge of your facility's Proficiency Testing Program? 
Other roles?
Still work the bench? How much?
Have backups or helpers?
Are you part of management/administration? salaried? non-union?
Do additional responsibilities cause slower responses to your facility's POCT needs? 

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I am POCC for 150 bed hospital and a couple of clinics and "assist" (ie manage RALS) for a small rural-access hospital in our system. 5 waived tests, 2 non-waived, and PPM (finally convinced our MD's to ditch wet mounts though, woohoo!). I have two MLS's trained as POC assistants who are able to do pretty much everything except direct projects. They both mostly work a bench on evening shift but are willing to help with trainings and assessments if it's slow, which helps us catch night shifters. By my request, I still work blood bank or chem benches about 2 days a week, usually with one of my assistants covering POC. I try to minimize how much POC I do when I'm working a bench (if they want POC staffed 24/7, management can staff it...), but will respond to stat issues and try to check on the middleware if we have more than a day without POC coverage. I'm classified as a department coordinator, hourly, and we don't have a union. I guess I'm also our lab student coordinator but since we only have one at a time, that's a pretty negligible time commitment. 

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